Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Parallel translations
- WEB Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
- KJV Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- NKJV “Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- NASB Say to the righteous that it will go well for them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
- NLT Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
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Quick answer
The righteous are assured it will be well, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Amid judgment, God distinguishes and blesses the righteous.
Overview
In contrast to the surrounding doom, God promises good to the righteous. This reflects the biblical principle that one reaps what one sows (Galatians 6:7-8). It offers hope that God remembers the faithful even in times of national judgment, ultimately securing their reward in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 128:1–2A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Heb 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Gal 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Eccl 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
- Ezek 18:9–19He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
- Deut 28:1–14“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
- Ps 18:23–24And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- Mal 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Jer 15:11The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
- Isa 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Zeph 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Rom 2:5–11But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Ezek 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
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